>> final preparations are underway for the memorial take place today for two fallen santa cruz officers killed in the line of cute. abc7 news reporter, cornell bernard, joins us from the boardwalk where the procession will start in three hours. >> preparations are underway to say goodbye to two local heroes. it begins here at the santa cruz beach boardwalk where a police motorcade process will begin at 8:45 to the public memorial in san jose. can you see members of sheriff department is gathering, the motorcade will be two miles along, a tribute to the two officers killed in the line of duty by an armed suspect. the flag-draped caskets were part of a public viewing with hundreds of mounters came to pay respects to the officers who

protected their community for many years. >> first time here that our local officers were gunned down the it is a terrible thing. >> i am paying my respects. it is a good thing people are coming down here and supporting the local police officers. >> public viewing sites will watch the memorial here at santa cruz. kaiser permanente arena opens at 10:00 a.m. and they will show the service live. the delmar theater opens at 11 a.m. with parking at depot park free and the hook-and-ladder trucks will be staged on all overpasses teen santa cruz and san jose with american flags to on the fall were officers. >> cornell, thank you. thousands of people are expected to turnout for the actual memorial service which is at

h.p. pavillion in san jose, with a live look outside at patville beyond, crews spent the day preparing for the service today with several dignitaries expected including governor brown, state attorney general, and former defense secretary, panetta. as we have been reporting, they leave santa cruz at 8:45 and it is expected to get to san jose between 10:30 and 11:00 with guests scheduled to arrive between 11:00 and 12:00. the memorial service will begin at noon and it will last several hours. >> hundreds of officers are expected it take part in the motorcade procession when it begins at 8:45 and the procession is expected to stretch up to two miles long, not one mile as originally believed. here is a closer look from the boardwalk, the motorcade will head north on highway 17 over the santa cruz mountains to highway 85 and north on highway 87 to h.p. pavilion in san jose. we will carry the service live

from h.p. pavilion starting with midday news at 11:00 and we will steak it at abc7news.com. >> we are continuing to follow develop news from the industrial valley where there will be an autopsy on the line that maul add woman to death. our reporter, kira klapper, joins from the newsroom. >> investigators are focusing on what caused the big cat to maul the intern? why was she in the enclosure in was sanctuary protocol being followed? we have a portion of the 9-1-1 call following that fatal attack. >> animal is contained to enclosure. patient is in the enclosure. the lion has been...taken care of. >>the 24-year-old was attacked by the african lion at 12:30 yesterday. another worker tried to distract the cat butting in worked. responding fresno county sheriff

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$10,000 reward offered by two police unions. the police dog was poisoned at the home of the officer he partnered with and guns were stolen from the home and the officer's family died afterening poisoned. >> bay area school district debates whether to fire all the principals and vice principals. >> the dow jones industrial average has reached a new milestone. who says the rally is not likely to end any time soon? >> a live look outside from our roof camera at the embarcardero and the new and improved bay bridge getting some bonus hours here of the bay lights, light show. traffic and weather are

>> we are back at 6:10, and live doppler 7 hd shows a few radar runs at point reyes. these are just sprinkles. looking to the southwest you can see the yellow at 26 miles from the coast and 46 miles from petaluma. that has been the case the last couple of hours but it is falling apart. our temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 50's and the scattered showers will be nor numerous tomorrow afternoon than they were yesterday morning. by friday, saturday, and sunday, a dry push of air and temperatures are back to seasonal level on saturday and maybe above on sunday.

>> good morning, everyone. since we last smoke -- spoke, emergency crews have arrived westbound beyond the university overcrossing right shoulder is partly blocking the right lane. you can expect delays moving westbound on 80 with traffic very, have we slow in that area. we will update you on that. because of the officer funeral procession, lines 22 and 522 will be rerouted until 6:00 this evening to help with potential delays. >> principals and vice principals with work for hayward unified school district will have their jobs this morning after the city school board considered a plan to lay off all of them in order to reorganize the district. our media partner, the daily review, reports the board considering sending out pink slips. several spoke at the meeting asking the board do reconsider and they ended with no action

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year started last year, july 1 and goes through june 30 of this year. you can see we near 40 -- near flee to almost five inches. we need more rain. it is cooler weather compared to yesterday from 6 to 12 degrees cooler. temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 30's inland and low-to-mid 40's at the bay shore and the coast and san francisco is 47. this afternoon we have an increase in showers from noon through the evening hours and the morning commute is okay and the evening commute is not is much. be careful out there. >> trading is underway in wall street in 15 minutes and the dow is opening at a new record. some speculate the dow could reach the 20,000 mark in the not so distant future after closing at 42 points to 14,296. a finance professor with wharton school of business in pennsylvania tells the "los angeles times" he with not be surprised if the dow ended the

year between 15,000 and 17,000 mannering. he says, hitting the 20,000 mark in this decade is not out of the question. analysts say corporations are bringing in bigger profits driving growth for the dow. >> new this morning, the nation's most restrictive abortion law will now go in effect, the arkansas law bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. arkansas' democratic governor vetoed the law this week saying it contradicts the united states constitution but the arkansas republican house of representatives overrode the veto following the lead by the republican senate. the aclu is promising to fight it. >> from capitol hill, a 13 hour filibuster led by kentucky senator rand paul is over. paul ended the filibuster just before 10:00 our time last night trying to delay the expected confirmation of john brennan to lead the c.i.a. he is opposed to the support of the unmanned drone policy during

his filibuster, the kentucky senator received some support from republican colleagues. and 2 that hours is a last talking in the morning. >> and we get to divide up the talking. >> and now, the showers today. >> it is important. people want to know if they are going to get wet and how the commute. be, and you can see a wall of water coming at us from the west. so, most of us this morning are going to get through our commute dry. as we head pass 7:00 the north by will be wet and that will move inland as we head through mid-morning to mid-afternoon. here is how it looks from the peak with the low clouds from the east bay to san francisco, and here is how it looks from the other perspective, san francisco back toward the east bay hills and temperature right

now in san francisco is 47, and we are at 44 in oakland and dress for 43 in san carlos and san jose and santa cruz all at 41 degrees. now, today, increasing showers you will need the wet weather gear as the day progresses. unlike yesterday we had most of the rain in the morning we will have most of it in the afternoon. dry air arrives tomorrow and another area of extended dry air and warmer-than-average extended temperatures. the second low we talked about, act two, coming through today, and here is the timetable, clouds in the rain are close to the north bay as we head to 7:00, pushing in by 9:00. you can see by noon, all of us especially around the bay and closer to the coast coming in from 9 west are going to be wet. the further you are to the east the lighter the sures are with the lighter green but that 8 rotate your way in the evening, also, and later in the evening. then it becomes more scattered with a slow sinking to the south and we wake up with cloud and

fog conditions and increasing sunshine as we head through the afternoon hours. there is a slight chance of a stray shower near napa, possibly, and the higher elevations but it will be quiet for the most part tomorrow, especially tomorrow evening. we will look at the rainfall totals, we are going to get .25" to .5" possible and further inland, maybe .1". the seven-day outlook shows starting tomorrow 60's come back away from the coast. lock the near 70 by sunday and mid-to-upper 70's monday and dues and wednesday of next week. daylight savings begins on sunday night. check your batteries. >> back to berkeley an injury accident in the clearing phases beyond the university overcrossing and now i am seeing three cars to the right shoulder, right lane is no longer blocked but you can see it is already bumper to bumper backing, now, to the rip monday

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cassettes in santa cruz, the final respects from the public before the memorial service to two fallen officers afternoon amendment. >> thousands are expected at h.p. pavilion for the funeral for the officers including dignitaries and the local celebrity. i will have the details coming up next. >> we will look at cloud cover as we check out the berkeley hills this morning, our temperatures over the next week, we are starting in the 50's and we will end up in the 70's. i will show you how we will get there and the transition in the sun when that happens. >> there is bay bridge toll plaza from our abc7 news traffic center, and minor delays here but it does not look like the metering lights are on. the accident in berkeley, westbound, 80, feeding into the bay bridge is why you don't see a lot of backup. it is holding track back there and i will have an update when we

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good thursday morning at 6:30. i am kristen sze. i am katie marzullo here for eric thomas. >> mike? how is the weather? >> the showers are lurking offshore again and you can see yellows in there so light-to-moderate rain is working its way toward the north bay after the 7:00 hour, you will start to see some light rain. it is mid-morning to mid-afternoon physical the rest of us will see some of that light-to-moderate rain. today, around the bay we will start off mostly cloudy with our commute dry this morning but notice by lunch the showers are moving in and the showers will be around in the evening. we will hang out in the

low-to-mid 50's. inland the further you are to the east the lighter the showers will be and we have mainly a dry commute in the east bay valley at 37 degrees and we will have temperatures hanging out in the low-to-mid 50's with showers lingering through 7:00 and over the coast we will have the best chance of seeing lightning today. light showers through 7:00 and heavy showers as we head from noon to 4:00 and they will start heading down to the south by 7:00. sue? >> back to berkeley now, 80 westbound, four-car injury accident off to the right-hand shoulder, just beyond the university overcrossing to look at the bumper to bumper track when you are beyond the scene it filters to the macarthur maze and i will show you the abc7 news app with backup at university along there and the backup to at least central with traffic at 20 miles per hour, and looking at a 40-minute drive from highway 4 westbound into the macarthur maze and if you

would like to download this, it is free at apple's app store or google play. >> final preparations are underway for the memorial service today for two fallen santa cruz police officers. detective sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective elizabeth butler will shot to death while on the job. >> we have team coverage this morning with amy hollyfield live outside the pavilion in san jose where the memorial will take place. we will begin with cornell bernard live in santa cruz. cornell? >> santa cruz is getting ready to say goodbye to two local heroes in preparations that are underway beginning the here at the santa cruz beach boardwalk. this is where a police motorcade procession will begin at 8:45 to the public memorial in san jose. many police officers are gathering here in this parking lot and the motorcade is expected to be two miles long, a tribute to detective sergeant

loran "butch" baker and elizabeth butler killed in the line of duty february 26 by an armed 17. last night, the flag draped cassettes were part of a viewing with hundreds mourners maying their respect. police from around the country will be at the memorial today. >> we have had departments from all over the united states, actually. we have a gentleman here, a lieutenant from idaho. we have officers coming, i believe, from canada. it is from across the nation. >> the police motorcade will begin in santa cruz at 8:45 but will start at 3rd street near riverside and over to ocean street, and to highway 17, over the santa cruz mountains, to san jose. row session -- the procession will travel to 87 north exiting the at julian street to autumn

and into the h.p. pavillion for the memorial. fire trucks will line every single overpass between here and san jose displaying american flags, a tribute to the officers, a moving sight. >> our team coverage continues with amy hollyfield who is live outside the h.p. pavilion in san jose. >> good morning, katie. organizers realized having it here in san jose at h.p. pavilion is an incon season conference for santa cruz residents and the police department but there was no other option. here is a look inside the pavilion, they needed the size. it can hold 19,000 people. the officers from across the country are expected to be here and they think they will need the seats. here is the schedule for this morning: at 8:45 the procession will start from santa cruz. it is expected to arrive at san

jose at 10:30 or 11:00, at 1:00, the guests will arrive at the pavilion and at it will noon the memorial service will start. there will be dignitaries in the crowd and they include governor brown, attorney general harris, former defense secretary panetta, and congressman sam farr and a local celebrity, james durbin the "american idol" finalist from santa cruz. the whole town cheered him on. he will sing to pay tribute to the officers. officials expect traffic to be congested after the service as people head back to santa cruz and the afternoon commute is starting to get going. they are asking people to be patient today, to plan for this, and to be patient. it will be a very sad day here in san jose. >> thank you, amy hollyfield. >> the final arrangements are in

place. if you live in santa cruz and don't have a way to get there the santa cruz metro is offering bus vouchers for the ride over the hill on highway 17. also, caltrain and amtrak are offering free train rides to law enforcement personnel. kaiser permanente arena in santa cruz opens at 10:00 a.m. and they will show the service live and on our website. people bracelets are availability to the public in on of the fallen officers, each has a tag with an engraving of sergeant baker and detective butler's badge numbers costing $15 and a portion of the proceeds are donated to the officers' memorial fund. if you would like to purchase a bracelet go to our website at abc7 news and click on "see it on tv." we will carry the service live from h.p. pavilion on abc7 news today starting at abc7 news at

11 and streaming it live at abc7 news? -- abc7 news.com. >> and a man was stabbed yesterday at a park, and the body of a man in his late teens or 20's was stabbed self -- several times and it is believed it happened yesterday although they are not sure when. a big bonus for the yahoo c.e.o. only five months being on the job. >> he is known for turning around police ds in los angeles and new york and how bratton is getting to work right here in the bay area. >> we have seen the last of the lights for this morning and it is gray out there but a dry start this morning with traffic and weather together are next at

>> we are back, this is the marin county coast with a few sprinkles around point reyes and bodega bay. the steady rain right now is 30 miles from san rafael and petaluma at 40 miles from guerneville. you can see the yellow headed your way with fog around novato and the rest of us just have clouds. the wall of water is moving west to east in the mid-morning to afternoon hours. temperatures are in the low-to-mid 50's at the coast and mid-to-upper 50's bay and inland. tomorrow, we have sunshine and saturday and sunday we feel warmer at 10 to 15 degrees warmer by sunday. >> good morning, everyone. happy thursday. the more difficult commute is 80 westbound with an early accident with just now the tow trucks clearing the right shoulder beyond university. it is bumper to bumper through

this area. it is 40 minutes from highway 40 in hercules to the macarthur maze. for the funeral procession for the fallen officers that begins at 8:45 in san jose expect rolling delays north 17 through the santa cruz mountains to los gatos from southbound 85 to 87 and north 87 to h.p. pavilion where the procession begins at noon and it will be a two-mile long procession and this could be delays. >> after months of anticipation oakland's well-known new police consultant made the first public appearance in the city. william bratton the former head of police departments in los angeles and new york is promising residents they will see fast results in reducing a surge in violent crime. he appeared yesterday with chief howard jordan. he endorsed the controversial police tactic known as "top and frisk." >> it is almost 6:42.

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it is still snowing and from heavenly camera, thank you to lake tahoe tv for the shot of the snow flying, as far as what is going on, the showers are there and the wet weather along the coast, and everyone is getting touched by wet weather today, and low 60's in southern cal through sacramento and 64 in fresno and 35 in tahoe. safe travels. kristen? >> and we cannot wait to get to tahoe to enjoy the snow. josh has at look at what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> great to see you on this thursday. i hope it is a great one for everyone. in the bay area, coming up, much more on a story i know you have been falling, the deadly attack by the lion at the wildlife sanctuary in california leaving

a woman dead. we will talk to jack hanna and ask what needs to be done to prevent this and how much can we fault a wild animal to act as we might expect a wild animal to act. >> new this morning, north korea is making a nuclear threat against the united states, saying they will exercise their right for a preemptive nuclear attack, claiming the united states is punning to start a war. this comes after the united nations security council will vote in a few hours on a resolution that impose the strong of the u.n. sanctions on the country. this follows north korea's latest nuclear test conducted last month. >> the president has been meeting with republic lawmakers at white house about the sequester and will address their caucuses on capitol hill next week. president obama treated a dozen of them to a special dinner in washington last night, a few hours after house republicans

passed their plan to prevent a government shut down and ease the impact of the $85 billion across-the-board spending cuts that took affect last week. >> yahoo c.e.o. is taking home a big bonus for her first 5 1/2 months on the job paying the executive $1.1 million on top of her $1 million a year salary. the 37-year-old is eligible for bonus of up to $2 million. yahoo adjusted the bonus to reflect she has spent less than half the year as c.e.o. the shareholders unlikely to quibble because the company stock has risen by 46 percent since she became the boss. >> when you log on to facebook, look at it good because it is to change with a new look for the news feed at menlo park headquarters. indications are that it will alow users to browse specific types of posts such as photos or music shared by others. the changes are intended to

address a frequent come complaint from users they is little control over what appears in their news feed. you may not have to hide the fact that you are watching ncaa games at work, with a new car recall, bloomberg's jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with that and another rally this morning. jane? >> the market is like the energizer buddy, going and going and going. we will have the numbers in a second but usually help starter is considered a positive at try but the but not a car. subaru is calling 47,000 cars with remote starters because the engines hand tart on their own if you drop the key. the recall is on 2010 and 2013 outbacks and 15 cross vehicles from 2015 saying the carbon monoxide is a risk if it starts in a garage. look at your utility bills if you are trying to save money.

comparing what you pay to rent versus buying or comparing cell phone bill do what you pay for a prepaid plan can save you a lot of money. comparison pricing service says 90 percent of people overpay each month for phone, cable, electricity, and gas. an expert recommends trying to renegotiate with the cable company every six months. >> on wall street, we are keeping an cry on the stress tests on the big bangs and how healthy are they. this was designed by the government to come out this afternoon. the dow and s&p and nasdaq looking good, all higher, so another record high there for the dow today. and bloomberg silicon valley index is trading higher. i don't know if purdue will make it to the ncaa tournament but that is not the only one watching the game. the survey drop found one in five managers say march madness activities have a positive impact on office morale and you are concerned about productivity 75 percent say it has no impact so i guess it and okay to root

for your team. live at the new york stock exchange i am jane king for bloomberg news. >> root for yourself. aand d we have showers to get through, hopefully after the morning commute. >> i think so, for most of us march madness comes later, but from now until 9:00 there is a wall of water so expect it to be wet the next couple of hours. the closer to the coast the heavier the rain will be and the further you are to the east and the least amount of rain you will get. here is a look from the roof camera, to treasure island and east bay hills you can see the clouds are not thick enough to drop rain but 47 in san francisco, and 44 headed to oakland and santa cruz at 41. speaking of san jose, here is a look at 87 around the h.p.

pavilion. now, other temperatures, show santa rosa and napa and fairfield, mid-to-upper 30's and fremont is at 41. here is what will happen with the forecast cycle. increasing showers today as the system comes ashore and heads to the east and behind the dry air it arrives tomorrow and behind that we have an extended period of warm and dry weather again and it could be another seven to nine day before we get rain after the system passes. this is the last round coming law and usually has lighter rain but colder which means we could have small hail and thunder especially the closer you are to the coast. you can see there is a good grasp by the model on what is going on and by noon all of us are getting light-to-moderate rain, east bay valley, probably on the light side but you are going to get yours after the noon hour and into the beginning of the rush hour. we will see a little bit of a taper in the rush hour but there will be drizzle, and light showers around and by midnight you can see the showers tapering

and the entire system is sliding to the south. we have fog tomorrow especially inland and a small bit of america that rounds out the back side of this that will push a sure to the north bay tomorrow afternoon but not a big deal. as we head we forward in time we are going to see some sunshine tomorrow. quarter to three quarters of an inch possible in the north bay mountains and santa cruz mountains and most of us .1" in the east bay and third of an inch headed closer to the coast away the bay area. now a look at the warping trend, after low-to-mid 50's we are near 60 away from the coast on friday and near 70 by sunday, so 10- to 15-degrees warmer and low-to-mid 70's next week. set your clock ahead an hour and check your batteries before you go to bed. sue? >> we will go back to 80, an early accident beyond university, traffic is getting by but it is bunched up toward the macarthur maze and relatively light at the toll

plaza because of the early backup but this have some delays. in fremont we have an accident that is southbound 680 at mission and that is in the clearing phases and slowing in the san bruno area because of an accident north 280. kristen? katie? >> thank you. five things to know before you five things to know before you go, the morning news (woman) 3 days of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ and it's beautiful (woman) why walk 60 miles in the boldest breast cancer event in history? because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing breast cancer every year. visit the3day.org to register or to request more information today. it was 3 days of pure joy. ♪ and it's beautiful

>> as we get ready to hand things off to "good morning america", the procession for two fallen santa cruz officers begins in less than two hours with thousands expected to attend the memorial service for the two officers. the procession from santa cruz to h.p. pavilion in san jose is expected to stretch more than two miles longs. >> the memorial service is set to begin at noon at h.p. pavilion with dignitaries

expected to continue including governor brown, state attorney general harris and former defense secretary panetta. abc7 news will carry it live at 11:00 and stream it live. it is expected to last several hours. authorities are trying to determine this morning what provoked a lion at an exotic animal park to attack and mall a 24-year-old intern from washington state. the woman was killed by a four-year-old male african lion after entering the big cat's enclosure. number four, president obama is set to sign violence against women act into law this morning. thes spanned measure protects gays, lesbians, transgenders, naturessive americans and immigrants and includes surveillance and spyware. >> someone is weighing up $33 million richer this morning but they may not know it. a winning super lottery ticket was sold in walnut creek at the

heather farm shell gas station. the winning news were 1, 2, 3, 22, 34, and mega number is eight. good luck! >> the one, two, they is driving me crazy. now the accweather forecast. >> and the rain could drive you crazy in the north bay as the lat bit of energy moves to us. during the morning hours we will have wet weather along the coast and into the north bay and in the afternoon hours all of us get our heavy rain and it will taper during the evening hours but it looks like it will still be wet for the evening commute. sue? >> we re-cap and look at the gay bridge toll plaza, relatively light because we had an early accident in berkeley that has been cleared but that delayed traffic getting in the tolls, san rafael, southbound, 101, you are in company with no major delays here as you make your way through central marin to the golden gate bridge, that is slowing well.

we have an accident update northbound 280 in the clearing stages and you could find slow traffic as you work your way through san bruno. >> thank you, and thanks, everyone, for muching with, the abc7 news morning news continues in 25 minutes with news, weather, and traffic. >> well have full coverage today as the santa cruz police officers procession that begins at 8:45 and a memorial that begins at 12. keep it right here and check with abc7news.com for the

good morning, america. on the march, the nor'easter pounding the east coast right now, hundreds of thousands without power. areas devastated by sandy reeling from the storm and now new england bracing for a powerful punch. our extreme weather team tracking the latest. >> breaking this morning, north korea vows to launch a nuclear strike against the united states just hours before a major international vote over new sanctions against the rogue nation. the reaction from the white house right now. fatal attack. a 24-year-old intern attacked by a lion after she enters the cage at cat haven. police arrive to the rescue. now her father speaks out. her chilling premonition as authorities investigate. >> hoi about working here? >> the ultimate help wanted ad.

man up for the best job in the world six months, $100,000 salary and one jar of vegemite. do you have what it takes to work down under? ♪ and good morning, america. robin off today. great to have amy here. when you get right to the latest on that winter storm, it all depends where you sit. almost two feet of snow in some places turned out to be mostly rain in washington, d.c. after the capital basically shut down for the storm. you know, they were calling it the snowquester there. major cities in its path and coastal areas bracing for storm surges. >> the big deal on this storm on "world news." it is a snowmaker.